Associations to the word «Hypercritical»

Wiktionary

HYPERCRITICAL, adjective. Meticulously or excessively critical.
HYPERCRITICAL POINT, noun. (mathematics) A point in the domain of a mathematical function at which the second derivative of the function is either zero or undefined.
HYPERCRITICAL POINTS, noun. Plural of hypercritical point

Dictionary definition

HYPERCRITICAL, adjective. Inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne